Alger Hiss

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Alger Hiss (1904-1996) was a US State Department official. In 1948, he was accused of being a Soviet spy by Whittaker Chambers. He was subsequently convicted of perjury in one of the defining cases of the Cold War.[1]

External Resources


  1. Who Was Alger Hiss?, The Alger Hiss Story, accessed 20 August 2012.